Categories: Nearsighted -Myopia, Vision Conditions
Myopia Prevention Lenses May Be Available Soon Research on myopia prevention (nearsightedness) is moving forward at a brisk pace. Defocus (blurred vision) to the sides is thought to be a causative factor. Work is moving ahead by several different groups of eye doctors/ researchers on lenses that focus differently in the outer zones. Manipulating the peripheral [...]
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Eye drops for macular degeneration may come from drug already approved for other uses. Age related macular degeneration is one of the leading causes of blindness and expected to grow as the population in the US ages. Xibrom (Bromfenac) and its once a day form known as Bromday are eye-drops being used after cataract surgery to [...]
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Are Eye Supplements Safe? Almost everyone takes some form of supplements these days. Many things fall under the definition of supplements including herbs, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and a host of other categories. These supplements categories were laid out in the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) by congress in 1994. They must be labeled [...]
Categories: Contact Lenses, Nearsighted -Myopia, Uncategorized
Nearsightedness Controlled With New Contact Lens Technology On June 30 2011 the Myopia Control With Simultaneous Vision Approach Clinical Study was registered as complete at ClinicalTrials.gov. This double blind study involved 100 children testing a contact lens designed to slow the progression of nearsightedness (myopia). Optometry researchers have been studying the interaction between central deatailed [...]
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Macular Degeneration Eye Drops On The Horizon Eye drops instead of injections into the eye may sson become the standard way of treating wet macular degeneration by eye doctors. Squalamine, derived from the livers of certain shark species, is being put on a fast track clinical study. It has been used as an antibiotic in the [...]
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Optic Nerve In Eye Did you ever wonder what the nerve inside your eye looks like? You can see a small circular yellow image in the middle of the streak of light in this picture to the left. That is where the optic nerve is entering the eye. Before it enters the eye it is [...]